In this Earth-Day edition of The Leather Lounge, host @longstreetBTC joins Carbon Country’s Joshua Phelps and Mark Smith to show how Bitcoin mining, agrivoltaic sheep pastures, and biochar carbon capture can revive struggling farms and crush the “Bitcoin-wastes-power” myth. 🌎

00:00 - Bitcoin & the environment (myths vs. facts)
04:03 - Carbon Country: vision & model
05:13 - Where Bitcoin meets agriculture
08:06 - Agrivoltaics explained
13:16 - Founders’ backstory (Mark & Josh)
18:37 - Building community & resilience
23:45 - Energy stack: solar + mining + batteries
27:21 - Inside a miner: power & incentives
30:05 - Turning waste heat into value
32:53 - Assembling a mission-driven team
36:34 - Grass-roots partnerships & outreach
37:26 - Plugging into the Stacks ecosystem
44:14 - Scaling sustainable ag practices

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